Unlike Jake, one of the two main characters in this story, I’m incapable of growing a beard. A fu manchu may be possible, but even that is doubtful. Which is actually fine by me. I knew a guy in college who had a five o’clock shadow around one o’clock, every day. This particular feature of his body rarely brought him much joy.
The fourth episode of this podcast featured a jettisoned chapter from my first novel; this is its sibling, the second of two deleted chapters now resurrected. It’s a domestic tale, involving a chef who grew a beard while his wife was out of town. Hilarity does not ensue.
On the audiobook front, I’ve been on a Philip Roth kick, and the kicking continues:
I love that the cover says it’s directed by Philip Roth. What does that mean? I can only imagine Philip told Ron how to read the book, though I doubt Ron needed much help because he was such a great actor. It’s yet another fantastic reading by him. Be warned, this book is still quite raunchy even today! For me personally, it overstayed its welcome about 80% of the way through, but it ends strongly and I must say, I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much listening to a book. No question it’ll offend many, many people, but I enjoyed it immensely.
